The 2nd International Symposium on Machine Learning and Media Computing (MLMC 2026) is the flagship conference of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society. It aims to provide an international forum for researchers and educators to learn, share knowledge, report most recent innovations and developments, and promote exchange of ideas and advances in all aspects of machine learning and media computing.

MLMC 2026 will be held in Nanping, Fujian, China, on July 30-31, 2026. The Symposium will showcase high quality oral presentations and special sessions sponsored by IEEE SMC and Fuzhou University. In MLMC 2026 exceptional papers and contributors will be selected and recognized with prestigious awards.

Journal Paper Presentation

Authors of papers published from 2024-2026 in all IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society fully owned journals as well as in IEEE TPAMI, IEEE TIP, IEEE TMM, IEEE TCSVT, IEEE TIFS, IEEE TSP will be given the opportunity to present their works at MLMC 2026, subject to space availability and approval by the Technical Program Committee.

Topics of interest include (but not limited to)

    Fundamental theories of machine learning
    Classification / regression / clustering
    Multi-modal/view/label/instance learning
    Generalization and robustness of models
    Heuristic optimization
    Evolutionary computation
    Efficient and lightweight model design
    Trustworthy and/or explainable AI
    Multimodal foundation models
    Media representation and quality assessment
    Media compression and delivery
    Media restoration and enhancement
    Media retrieval and recommendation
    Media interpretation and understanding
    Media security, privacy and forensics
    Cross-modal generation and interaction
    Internet of media things
    Learning and media computing on embodied AI